Indians Prospect Insider

(Photo: Kinston Indians)From the Reservation:
So, now apparently the team is an offensive juggernaut. After a season in which they've struggled hitting air, they come out as a team and hit over .300. To make matters even more confusing, their starting rotation was over 8.00. Yeah...right is left, and left is right...
Which is absolutely normal for this team.
There's no rhyme-nor-reason...

Justin Germano
(photo: Columbus
Clippers)Around the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday's game.
Justin Germano: SP, Columbus Clippers: W (1-2)***Perfect Game***9 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 7 K:
The Justin Germano story in 2011 is a...

Abner AbreuHigh-A Kinston outfielder Abner Abreu did it again as he was once again named the Carolina Player of the Week for the period from July 18th to July 24th. It is his second Player of the Week honor for the month of July, his second in three weeks. For the week he hit .522/.560/1.087 (12-for-23) in six games and had 2 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 8 R, 2 BB, and 7 K. He had at least one extra base...

Justin Germano (Photo: AP)Germano is perfect in Syracuse
Columbus came into tonight's game really struggling offensively, scoring one run in their last 18 innings of play. A fast start offensively was badly needed for Clippers and they got it in the top of the first inning. Tim Fedroff led off the game with a double down the right field. After a Jason Donald pop out and a Luis Valbuena groundout...

A lot of people have noticed that Double-A outfielder Nick Weglarz has not played since July 19th. He was in the midst of an 0-for-25 stretch at the plate when he mysteriously disappeared, so the logical thought was his knee acted up on him again. As it turns out he was struck in the right eye recently by a teammate that was doing exercises with a bat which resulted in a black eye and some concussion...

Albert Pujols (Photo: AP)The second half of the baseball season is well underway. The fantasy baseball season is getting hot and heavy with some people enjoying success while a great many others already are writing off their teams thanks to poor play or injuries to the players drafted.
Fantasy baseball goes over the course of a full six month MLB season, at which time winners are determined....

(Chun Chen: Photo Credit - Lianna Holub)A tailspin week for Harrisburg that included seven losses opened the Western Division wide open and the Aeros certainly took advantage with a 5-2 week against Altoona and Erie. Harrisburg played Richmond, also in the four-way West battle, six times, including two double headers in four days. They came out the other end with just one win after dropping a pair...

Blaine O'Brien48th round pick right-handed pitcher Blaine O'Brien was pitching summer ball in the New England Collegiate Baseball League until shoulder soreness forced him to be sidelined after just two appearances. He is a summer follow for the Indians as they wanted to watch him pitch more before offering him a contract, so this may hurt his chances. If the Indians do sign him it looks like at this...

Cole Cook
(photo: Lake
County)Around the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday's game.
I just wanted to take the time to congratulate Jason Kipnis on his game-winning single last night for his first major league hit. I've watched a lot of...

Carlos Moncrief (Photo: Lianna Holub)Captains pop the Kernels 2-1
Carlos Moncrief

B.J. Upton (Photo: AP)So it's been a lot more an interesting season for the Indians than just about any fan would have expected so far. The problem is they went from having a huge lead to being two games out of first now. This means a team everyone thought would be a seller, is looking to buy.
The question is how much can they spend and is it worth it to acquire a big name. So I am going to...

Sailing with the Clippers is a weekly Monday morning installment that explores the week that was for Triple-A Columbus.
It seems as though all of the talent the Clippers have had this season is beginning to hurt them. As the top prospects are deemed ready, and the depth prospects get hot or are needed because of a Major League injury, Triple-A Columbus has to compensate. Such is life for...

T. CannonAround the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday's game.
Tyler Cannon-3B, Kinston: 3-for-3, 2 R, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, BB
Tyler Cannon was just a home run away from hitting for the cycle and reached base all four times he stepped up to...

Felix Sterling (Photo: Lianna Holub)Captains win with a Sterling performance
Felix Sterling made his Lake County Captains debut a memorable one as he picked up the win and all but one Captains hitter reached base as the Captains defeated the Cedar Rapids Kernels 6-1 Sunday.
Travis Witherspoon led off the game with a solo home run off of Sterling to give the Kernels an early 1-0 lead....

Could Ryan Ludwick be an Indian again
soon? (Photo: AP)
Some news, notes, and thoughts from my Indians notebook…
Time to make a deal
The Indians are in the thick of a pennant race in the AL Central, a race that by the day seems to add more teams.
In the middle of May the Indians appeared to be running away with the division as the nearest team was 7.5 games out...

Abner Abreu
(photo: Kinston
Indians)Around the Farm takes a quick look at some of yesterday's performances by Indians prospects throughout the system. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday's game.
Could the Indians' organization be witnessing the blossoming of one of their biggest talents, right before their eyes? Might the Indians have a power-hitting,...